[GIS] How to improve legend spacing for ESRI ArcGIS map

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I am using ArcGIS 10.1 and am trying to achieve a fairly uniform amount of white space between the first four legend items and am having difficulties pulling this off. All four items are separate shapefiles/layers and it would be hard for me to turn these into single layers with categories. I have had success adding space between the two "areas" by changing some of the values in the legend properties, but I cannot seem to figure out how to reduce the space between the two fire station layers. Any suggestions?

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Best Answer

Two options:

  1. Modify the Legend>Layout>Gaps properties:

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  1. Convert legend to graphic, ungroup, and manually space items (using Distribute>Horizontal method).
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